The first Navajo woman surgeon combines western medicine and traditional healing.

A
spellbinding journey between two worlds, this remarkable book describes
surgeon Lori Arviso Alvord's struggles to bring modern medicine to the
Navajo reservation in Gallup, New Mexico—and to bring the values of her
people to a medical care system in danger of losing its heart.

Dr.
Alvord left a dusty reservation in New Mexico for Stanford University
Medical School, becoming the first Navajo woman surgeon. Rising above
the odds presented by her own culture and the male-dominated world of
surgeons, she returned to the reservation to find a new challenge. In
dramatic encounters, Dr. Alvord witnessed the power of belief to
influence health, for good or for ill. She came to merge the latest
breakthroughs of medical science with the ancient tribal paths to
recovery and wellness, following the Navajo philosophy of a balanced and
harmonious life, called Walking in Beauty. And now, in bringing these
principles to the world of medicine, The Scalpel and the Silver Bear joins those few rare works, such as Healing and the Mind, whose ideas have changed medical practices-and our understanding of the world.

Trade Paperback. Excellent, near-mint condition. 2000. 204 pages.

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